We plan to provide Denby Dale and surrounding villages with faster broadband, improved telephone and TV services and local service and support. This entails installing our own equipment in street cabinets. Fibre-optic cables will connect the cabinets to the internet via the nearest telephone exchanges. This means the current long runs of copper, which make broadband speeds so poor, would be reduced dramatically. Our cabinets are really mini telephone exchanges. The resulting very short run of copper phone line from our cabinet to your premises means you will have the fastest possible broadband speed for any rural village in the UK - up to 40Mbps. Rutland Telecom is the only UK operator to have commercially deployed this technology with full access to copper phone lines from street cabinets.

The capital costs of installing cabinets and connecting the fibre are significant - hence the level of indicative responses required to convince us (and our investors) that this is a viable option. However if most of the community supports the initiative, then the cost per premises is not great considering the benefits of Next Generation Broadband.

Speeds of up to 40Mbps (80x faster than many residents are getting now) and greater reliability should be expected. The technology is known as VDSL. Future-proofing comes with the possibility that services could be delivered via Fibre to the Home (FTTH) as is increasingly the case in Japan, Norway USA etc. All our cabinets are pre-installed with fibre capability.

• World-class entertainment - the latest on-demand on-line music, high-definition movies and on-line gaming. From your own home see high quality movies straight away without waiting hours to download, and with no jittery pictures. Receive SKY TV via broadband for less per month and do away with ugly satellite dishes.
• Working from-home – the ability to work efficiently and keep-in-touch with the office using advanced videoconferencing technology which is so clear and 'virtually real' it’s like actually being in the office. The network will support VPN and remote desktop due to fast upload speeds and low contention ratios.
• Telemedicine and social services – imagine having a consultation with your doctor or an international specialist by videoconference from your own home, or talking to your social worker or other health care professional – face to face – at the touch of a button – just some examples of the possibilities of Superfast Broadband
• Keeping in touch with your family and friends - talking to family and friends over high quality video conferencing, great for keeping in touch with family or friends who are less mobile or housebound
• Internet access the easy way – access to the benefits of the internet through your TV. Online shopping, downloading videos or access your local council services – all from your remote control. Great for those who don’t understand or fear the computer. SKY TV is now available via broadband (if you have >10Mbps) - meaning ugly satellite dishes will not be needed.
• Multiuses and multiusers – with higher bandwidth levels than other providers many users can access services simultaneously without reducing the quality of service. Additionally the network enables different functionality simultaneously – telephony, music downloads, internet browsing – all at the same time and without loss of quality